1) Beheading 2) Capital punishment 3) Death penalty 4) Executing 5) Execution 6) Execution method 7) French word used in English 1) Beheading 
Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head) is the separation of the head from the body. This form of injury invariably results in death, as severing the head deprives all other organs of the involuntary functions that are essential for the body to function while the brain itself is deprived of oxygenated blood. Beheading typically ref...
• (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.
Removal of a head. ... See: decapitate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(de-kap″ĭ-ta´shәn) removal of the head, as of an animal, fetus, or bone.
De·cap`i·ta'tion noun [ Late Latin decapitatio : confer French décapitation .] The act of beheading; beheading. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-kap′i-tā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Removal of a head. See: decapitate
[n] - execution by cutting off the victim`s head 2. [n] - killing by cutting off the head
beheading noun killing by cutting off the head
execution by cutting off the victim's head